Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-11-08
TRIP AMONG THE scHo0Ls.

nc ioiio"ihS, rum Inc Ildllcy III
ter-ldaho, will be read with interest.
Mrs. Butler, the Alturas County
School Superintendent, Of whose ex-
tended travels in visiting the schools
very entertaining sketch is given,
was at one time resident OF this |
place, and was the assistant teacher
in the Idaho City public school, her
husband, Prof. Gilbert Butler, who
died few years ago in Haley, being
the principal:
"Say no longer that lady cannot
attend to the duties Of School Su-
perintendent in this county. Our Su
perintendent, Mrs. Frances Butler,
has just returned from a trip Of over
FIVE hundred miles through the wes-
tern part OF the county, climbing the
mountains and crossing the lava beds,
travelling by stage coach, by railway,
by private conveyance and in the sad
die; and we will wager that the du-
ties which she has performed have
never been more conscientiously at
tended to nor, has better satisfaction
ever been given.
/ "Will you give us an outline of
your trip, please, and of the condi-
tion in which you found the schools?'
asked the reporter, as be sharpened
his pencil.
II had pleasant ride by rail-" re-
piled Mrs. Butler, until | reached
Mountain Home. There | hired a
livery rig to drive to the school at
t Corder's station, ON Indian creek.
The liveryman insisted that | should
: take a driver, but | told him that |
was fully competent to drive for my
+, self without the help OF any man.
. An old friend of mine in that town,
2 Mrs. Payne, expressed her desire to
r go with me; so | had company. Ii
e was late when we started for the
school, and the distanc e, which was
over 80 miles, had not been properly
Il represented to US. So when night
y came on early and cloudy we found
J ourselver at quite distance from oQl
: destination on road that was yer!
P rough and cut up by gullies. Wher
It it became so dark that we could no
A. see the road, one of US would wall
d ahead of the team and at times woult
IL be compelled to reach down and fee
lie for the wagon tracks, TO be sure G
j. our way. We finally met six-mul
team and the driver. who had a no:
pltable ranch close by, invited US t
'e stop with his family over night, whlc
W we did,
IN Il found the Indian creek scho'
ct in charge OF an excellent teache
1t Mss Laura Anderson, and good woT
ng being done. Twenty-Five schola
were being enrolled.
lr- BY COACH TO ROCKY BAR.
d After returning TO Mountain Hon
W I took the stage to Rocky Bar. Th
,m was a rough road also. We climbe
go mountains that seemed as steep
he the roof of house and ratified dow
them at a giddy rate. found go'
to school at that place, also, under Nj
Ia Emma Haas, who had twenty-nil
ne scholars enrolled.
III "All the schools that l visitt
without exception, had good teaoh'
"A fact that I learned with mu
. pleasure. The Catalan sisters,
Mountain Home, are prohclents
:; school government. Their t'
schools, Of sixty-nine pupils IN
- recite in the same room, Yet there
no more confusion than in any or
~ 1s nary school. The school house
,oo this place is good, large fra
:. building.
" The school at Bliss is taught
Miss Irene Corder, and that at 81
Ia on Big Wood River, by Miss lr'
- Fulcomer. l went TO the LAT
- = school on horseback from Shosho
Ia. making 20 miles for the round
49, over as rough lava beds as 1t
- ever my pleasure TO meet
THE Glenn's Ferry school IS
peoted TO open this or next week.
der the charge of Mrs. Marion Lt
ID ard. Consequently left that
the the Toponis school, also-tor a
~ trip.
heIe SHoSHoNE.
''tal, u found the principal of the
shone schools, Prof. Faris, giving
DITTO cellent satisfaction. He has tw'
vss- sistants; Mrs. Updegraph in tn
.d II termediate and Mrs, Joslyn in